A MANCHESTER solicitor involved in a landmark "right to life" medical case is considering further action even though the patient has died.

Mark McGhee, a partner at Linder Myers, based on Cross Street, acted for the family of an 86-year-old Muslim man in their bid to prevent doctors taking him off a life-support machine.

The case went to the High Court then the Court of Appeal, where judges granted medics the right to withdraw treatment.

The man, known as Mr A, had suffered a heart attack, a series of mini-strokes and renal failure. Doctors believed he had no chance of recovery.

But his relatives said that, according to Islam, everything possible should be done to keep him alive. Mr McGhee said the case raised several issues, including ageism and how the courts should interpret religious beliefs.

He is now assessing whether to report some aspects of the case to the General Medical Council and the National Healthcare Standards Commission.